Queen St. Fire

[Carruthers]

Hello All:

Any news on whether Nikolaou was affected by this morning's fire on Queen West? Are any other CH favourites in one of the affected buildings?

-Carruthers

[drish]

The store will open tomorow (the 27th)

[SxCx]

The thought of a torched Gandhi had me twitching with fear.

[SMOG]

That would definitely be a very, very sad thing!

Speaking of Gandhi, anyone know if it's open on the weekend for lunch?

[drish]

Nikolaou Restaurant Equipment is my Dad's store, He says the store is fine with very minor damage. It's smoky inside and there's a foot of water in the basement.

[Zengarden]

Give your dad my best. It's a great store and there are a lot of caring fans who hope that your dad's business will be fine once they sort this all out.

[TheGloaming]

What Zengarden said. I love Nikolaou, and have been shopping there for years. Hope to see it up and running again soon!

[chloe103]

Thanks so much for letting everybody know. I'm so glad to hear that your dad's store came through relatively well. Best wishes for a speedy clean-up - the store will be missed until then!

[Carruthers]

Thanks for the info, drish. My best also to your dad and all of his neighbours.

Please let us know when they are ready to re-open. There are a few things that I have been meaning to get myself and this news item has reminded that there is no time like the present for visiting one of Toronto's hidden gems.

[chococrazy]

Oh.. you have NO idea how happy that makes me. Will pop in once he re-opens!

[ShanaGirl]

http://www3.thestar.com/static/PDF/08...

Most of the damage appears to be merchandise stores, including one of my favourite shops. Very sad. I hope they will all be able to recover from this.
Ali Baba has water damage, while Pizzaiolo has water and smoke damage.

[badbhoy]

I believe Ghandi is across the street as well. They should be fine though.

[piccola]

In any case, none of these places will be open for a while, at least while the fire marshal is messing around in there.

[embee]

A news report yesterday described Nikolaou as "destroyed", but they seem to be slightly west of the destruction. I suspect they had mainly smoke damage.

[SherylKirby]

Nikolaou survived due to a firewall between Duke's and the store in between. Likely a lot of smoke damage, and probably a lot of water damage in the basement, but from photos, it appear to be fine.

[embee]

Yes, it was apparently destroyed. That was the only place involved. Healthy Butcher is on the next block and Shanghai Cowgirl is across the street.

[piccola]

Shanghai Cowgirl lost power, but they're OK and should reopen as soon as possible (maybe even tomorrow).

[pearlD]

Yes it was...there is a partial list on City TV online (channel 24)

[fortheloveoffood]

Yes, apparently it was, according to the following article:

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_1979...

I am not sure if the list is exhaustive.

Terrible :-(

[HarryLloyd]

this list includes affect not only lost.


Chow!
HL.